Curtain-roller attachment



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H. LOBDELL.

CURTAIN ROLLER ATTACHMENT.

N0. 286,026. Patented Oct. 2, 1883.

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SPECIIICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,026, dated Cctober 2, 1883.

To a whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY .I'JOBDEILL, a resident of the city of Troy, in the county of Rena selaer and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Ourtain-Roller Attachments; andI do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description 01' the invention, that willv enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similarletters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain-rollers and attachments for securing curtains thereto; and it consists of a metallic strip provided with projecting points or tacks.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient means for quickly and secure] y attaching and detaching a curtain to and from the roller.

Figure 1 is a cross-secti on taken at the broken line a bin Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the metallic strip and curtain attached to the roller. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the strip. ]Pig. 4 is a plan view of the strip as the same appears before the tacks are bent down to the position shown in Fig. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are cross-sections, and Fig. 9a plan view, showing different methods of applying the metallic strip.

The difficulties of attaching curtains to their rollers by means of individual tacks are well known. If the tacks are not ranged in a straight line parallel with the center of the roller, then the strain is unevenly distributed upon them when the curtain. is unwound from the roller in drawing it down. If the tacks are not inserted on a line at.right angles to the longitudinal line of direction of the curtain, the latter will run to one side when wound upon the roller, which necessitates withdrawing the tacks, readjusting the curtain upon the roller, and a reinsertion of the tacks. By having the tacks all attached to one straight strip the tacks are always kept in a straight line, they may be more quickly inserted and withdrawn, and they are not Application filed Angust15,1883. lNomodel.)

likely to be lost when the curtain is removed from the roller for washing or other purposes.

In the drawings, A. represents the roller, (3 the metallic strip, and D the points or tacks. The tacks may be made integral with the strip, which is in such. cases of thin mate rial, suitable for cutting the strips from sheet metal by means of proper dics. After the strips are cut out they present the appearance shown in Fig. 4, the points D projecting from one or both sides of the strip in the same plane with it. The points are then bent downward. to a position at or near a right angle to their position shown in Fig. 4, when they occupy the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The method of attaching the curtain to the roller is as follows: The strip is laid upon one end of the curtain with the points down and in a line at right angles to the longitudinal. line of direction of the curtain,when the points are pressed through the curtain. The curtain is then laid upon the roller with the points in contact with it, and in a position such that the strip is parallel with the center of the roller. The points are then pressed firmly into the roller, when the parts will occupy the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The points or tacks 1) maybe beveled off on their outer sides, or bent so that they will approach nearer to each other when driven into. the roller, as shown in Fig. 1'. Although the friction of the tacks upon the roller will for ordinary use be sutlicient to retain the parts in place, the strip may be further secured, when desired,by caps at the ends of the roller, by rings, tacks, or one or more screws, E.

Instead of having the tacks D on the sides, they may be stuck out from the body of the strip, as shown at J, Fig. 4. They may be barbed, as shown at Kin Fig. 4, to better retain the curtain during the process of attaching it to the roller.

The tacks D may be of any desired shape, and may be separate pieces secured to the strip in any suitable manner.

The strip may be countersunk in a groove in the surface of the roller, so that the outer surface of the strip will be flush with the circumferential. surface of the roller.

I have shown in Fig. 5 my purposed method so that the parts occupy the positions shown.

projecting therefrom. The curtain B is then of the roller is laid upon the curtain and suitof using the metallic strip with a sectional roller, in which the roller is made of two sections, A and A. The'strip O is inserted in' a recess in one of the sections, with the tack D laid thereon, and afterward the other section ably fastened to the first-mentioned section,

In Fig. 6 the strip 0 is inserted in a longi tudinal slot, G, in theroller shown in Fig. 7, the tacks on one side piercing the roller and the tacks on the other side proj ecting out from the roller. The curtain is then forced upon the projecting tacks, after which they are bent down into the recess or groove Hin the roller.

In Fig. 8 the strip has tacks on one side the proper places to pierce the curtain when the edge of the curtain is folded over upon the strip, and the pointed side of the strip in- I serted in a groove or recess in the roller, the points piercing the curtain and entering the roller, as shown in Fig. 8.

I have thus shown several methods of applying my pointed metallic strip; but I do not wish to be confined to any particular form of roller, strip, or tacks.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A metallic strip provided with one or more rows of tacksfixedthereto, the rows extending longitudinally of said strip, in combination with a curtain and curtain-roller, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of August, I883.

HENRY LOBDELL.

Witnesses:

Gno. A. MosHnR, W. H. HoLLIsTER, Jr. 

